Garlic Scape Hummus

Garlic Scape Hummus

A surprisingly gentle green garlic flavor makes Garlic Scape Hummus a delightful spread for lunch or a party! Enjoy it during the short season for scapes! If you get your vegetables from a farmer’s market or farmshare, you have a chance at intriguing vegetables that 

Summery Dill Bean Spread

Summery Dill Bean Spread

All right, it’s another “Not really hummus” bean spread… I make bean spreads like this all summer – usually chickpeas, sometimes white beans, occasionally other kinds…

Peanutty Chickpea Spread

Peanutty Chickpea Spread

I wrote that whole discussion about terminology, citing bean spread specifically. And now I sit here staring at a pretty little dish of… something… wondering what on earth to call it. Hoist on my own petard and all that. (Pea Pate has a certain logic 

Essence of Onion Dip

Essence of Onion Dip

An updated, natural (and improved!) version of the onion dip we all grew up with – sweetly and intensely onion. Wonderful for holiday entertaining!   When I was a child, back in the Sixties, one of the recipes that Everyone seemed to make was California 

Onion Marmalade

Onion Marmalade

Behold the humble onion! Workhorse of the kitchen, flavor base of soup and stew, pungent addition to stir fry and salad – but so rarely given a starring role. French Onion Soup, certainly – but people are often distracted by the bread and cheese, and